Vinzenz Maschek

Vinzenz Maschek (also: Vincens , Vinzens , Vincenz ; * around 1800; † around 1875) was a Czech composer , choirmaster and church musician .

Life

Little is known about the life of Vinzenz Maschek. Presumably he was a son of Pavel Mašek , so Vincenc Mašek of the same name would be his uncle. Until 1846 Maschek kuk was an auditor in Ruskberg and directed the mountain chapel there . The waltz Carnevals-Memories for orchestra, which he dedicated to Johann Strauss , dates from this period . From 1846 to probably 1848 or 1849 he was a music teacher at the Timişoara Music Society. Afterwards he was organist and choirmaster of the Catholic parish church St. Anna in Weißkirchen . His mass for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and orchestra was performed here in 1853 . Maschek's time in Weißkirchen a. a. a Mass with Graduale, a Tantum ergo for mixed choir and orchestra, the oratorio Die Charfreytags-Feyer , the Graduale Pastorale and an Ave Maria et Salve Regina , the autograph of which is in the music collection of the Austrian National Library.

The Emperor Franz Joseph I devoted Maschek an exhibition together with Gradual and Offertory (1856) and a Deffilirmarsch . He dedicated a lullaby to the birth of Princess Sophie, who was only two years old , which was published by Spina in Vienna in 1856. His Romanesque tune from a national melody for piano was dedicated to Queen Elisabeth , the autograph of which is also in the possession of the Austrian National Library. From the 1860s on Maschek lived again as a composer, singing teacher and organist in the synagogue in Timisoara. An offertory for bass solo, soprano, alto, tenor, organ and orchestra comes from this period . After 1880 his pastoral trio O Jesu mi dulcis for soprano, alto and baritone solo, organ and orchestra and the Offertorium Magna es Domino for choir, organ and orchestra were performed in Pančevo .

Web links

• Edition Musik Südost - Vinzenz Maschek